These profiles of twenty-nine formidable females throughout history---some world famous, some little known---are sure to inspire the next generation of rebel ladies.
General Note
"Originally published in French by Gallimard in 2016 as Culottées: des femmes qui ne font que ce qu'elles veulent, tome I and in 2017 as Culottées: des femmes qui ne font que ce qu'elles veulent, tome II."
Content Note
Clémentine Delait, bearded lady -- Nzinga, queen of Ndongo and Matamba -- Margaret Hamilton, terrifying actress -- Las Mariposas, rebel sisters -- Josephina van Gorkum, obstinate lover -- Lozen, warrior and shaman -- Annette Kellerman, mermaid -- Delia Akeley, explorer -- Josephine Baker, dancer, French resistance fighter, matriarch -- Tove Jansson, painter, creator of trolls -- Agnodice, gynecologist -- Leymah Gbowee, social worker -- Giorgina Reid, lighthouse keeper -- Christine Jorgensen, reluctant celebrity -- Wu Zetian, empress -- Temple Grandin, animal whisperer -- Sonita Alizadeh, rapper -- Cheryl Bridges, athlete -- Thérése Clerc, utopian realist -- Betty Davis, singer-songwriter -- Nellie Bly, journalist -- The Shaggs, rock stars -- Katia Kraffit, volcanologist -- Jesselyn Radack, lawyer -- Hedy Lamarr, actress and inventor -- Naziq al-Abid, activist aristocrat -- Frances Glessner Lee, crime miniaturist -- Mae Jemison, astronaut -- Peggy Guggenheim, lover of modern art.